The Progress of the God's Domain Game, and a New Invasion in the Real World

At this very moment.

Gao Linzhi glanced around and found that many people on the forum were having an endless discussion.

They complained that it was too difficult.

Dislike the low drop rate.

They complained that they hadn't topped up their accounts.

Haha, the wisdom of mortals.

The biggest weakness of ordinary people is that they can't distinguish between good and bad; they are shrewd in small matters but muddle-headed in big ones.

This is not their fault; it is an information isolation deliberately created by someone.

However, some people remain clear-headed.

What do you know?

"A low drop rate creates space for ordinary players to survive. If a lot of equipment drops, who benefits?"

"This is the Second World, the best opportunity to change the rich and poor!"

"With more equipment drops, top players can quickly buy and collect top-tier items with money, rapidly widening the gap. Now that fewer items drop, everyone has to rely on numbers, organization, and skill for us poor folks to have a chance to turn things around!"

Gao Linzhi nodded upon seeing this.

However, these words are unlikely to convince those who are shallow-minded.

Gao Linzhi then turned his gaze to the Skyfall Game, to see what the Skyfall Game system was up to now.

The game previously fixed the login issue.

In short, it's like "crossing the river by feeling the stones in Skyfall Game."

At this time, many players from Blue Star had already logged into the game.

In the event channel.

Many players are excited.

"Great, we almost couldn't get in."

"I'm building Safe Zone."

"This has dragged on for more than two weeks, damn it! I thought the game was going to be scrapped."

"Damn it, let's log in and grab the boss right now."

Gao Linzhi glanced around and found that the players were still doing the same old thing.

Fight bosses, build infrastructure, learn skills, and develop your character.

Haha, actually everyone's just playing a game of kimchi.

The only difference is that they also have to face the strange, formidable wild enemy.

Players on Blue Star are experiencing real-life time travel, which carries a high risk of death.

Earth players, on the other hand, are experiencing consciousness transmigration, which poses no risk of death; at most, they may suffer mental breakdown.

Gao Linzhi carefully observed the Skyfall Game, and then incorporated some of its elements into his own "God's Domain Game".

Games across the world copy each other; you copy me, I copy him.

Gao Linzhi thought for a moment and decided to add the element of the supernatural to the God's Domain Game.

Of course, for safety reasons, he would create duplicates and prevent players from saving their memories within those duplicates.

This is mainly to prevent people from associating the strange with the Mysterious Side.

The advantage of doing this is that we can use Blue Star players to solve some strange problems.

In this way, they can become Gao Linzhi's touchstone.

After Gao Linzhi finished the software code interface, he turned his attention back to the God's Domain Game.

His first challenge was the time loop anomaly, which Blue Star players attempted to solve.

At this point, Zhang Mingzhen had already ventured deep into the heart of the mountains, but had not yet encountered any higher-level monsters.

"It seems this mountain is just for beginners to practice on; there won't be any high-level monsters here," he thought to himself, before continuing to hunt down the Spotted Rat.

Before long, as he kept spending more and more, a game announcement suddenly sounded:

"Ding! A large number of Spotted Rat have died in the Wilderness Mountains. The Rat King is enraged and will appear at coordinates..."

The world channel instantly erupted in excitement.

"What's going on? Why are so many Spotted Rat dying? It's us who are dying!"

"We wiped out the mobs, and now a Rat King has appeared?"

"This scenario is ridiculous! Are we going to have the starting village be Monster Siege, and then suddenly switch to a wilderness survival mode?"

"Lie flat."

"Is this game determined to wipe us all out?"

"How many people have completed the newbie quests yet?"

"There are hardly any people leveling up, so where did the 'mass deaths' come from? And how did the Rat King appear? The game has a bug, it's outrageous!"

Many ordinary players complained and grumbled.

This is what a true gamer does: the harsher the criticism, the more intense the grinding.

Those who remain silent and don't say a word, they'll eventually burn out like gasoline.

Meanwhile, players from various conglomerates, high-level organizations, and guilds near the starting village rushed towards the coordinates immediately on the leader's orders.

In any case, we should first check the BOSS's attributes.

This is the first boss to appear.

There is still a possibility of defeating it by relying on sheer numbers.

It's the First kill, so it's guaranteed to be a huge win.

The Rat King appeared not far from Zhang Mingzhen.

Without hesitation, he immediately sped toward the coordinates in the announcement.

Along the way, he secretly pondered: most players are currently still fighting monsters on the outskirts of the Wilderness Mountains, and they are likely to encounter swarms of rats along the way.

It will take them quite some time to advance into the inner circle.

This gap is your opportunity to deal damage, and you must secure the First kill as soon as possible.

When he arrived at the coordinates, he saw a giant Spotted Rat, as big as a wild boar, moving down the mountain while emitting sharp "squeaks" to summon nearby monsters.

It seems that after a while, a large number of small monsters will appear.

[Spotted Rat (Level 10, Mysterious Iron Grade)]

[Health Points???]

[Physical attack 1200-1500]

[Physical Defense 2500]

[Magic Defense 2000]

Zhang Mingzhen was startled when he saw it.

If the Rat King appears after most players have reached level five, learned their second skill, and acquired basic offensive and defensive tactical abilities, there might still be a significant chance of defeating it.

But that's clearly not the case right now.

Without the support of his teammates, Zhang Mingzhen could only try his best on his own.

He felt he still had a tiny bit of a chance.

After all, he's a player who's practically cheating.

This Rat King possesses the ability to summon minions, but it also has a time limit. It's estimated that it won't be too overpowered in other aspects, otherwise it would seem too unreasonable for beginners.

After a brief adjustment, Zhang Mingzhen invested all fifteen skill points he had just gained from the upgrade into the "Spring Wind" skill.

Once a skill level exceeds five, the required skill points will increase exponentially.

His "Spirit Strike" is already at level five, and fifteen skill points would probably only be enough to upgrade it by one level, with limited effect.

And indeed, after "Spring Wind" leveled up two levels to break through to level five, new attributes appeared.

[Spring Wind +6: Heals a single target, restoring an amount equal to Spirit attribute × current increase in Mana]

Seeing such a powerful recovery effect, Zhang Mingzhen had no more worries and decided to go all out.

He started with a "Spirit Strike," aiming it at the Rat King and delivering a critical hit.

The cooldown of "Spirit Strike" is only one second, and it requires no casting time.

A single normal attack followed by a "Spirit Strike" can reduce his health by approximately 400 points.

Based on this calculation, we might be able to defeat it.

Zhang Mingzhen launched another Combo.

Of course, the Rat King did not sit idly by and wait to be killed; while enduring the attacks, it continued to fight back.

Crimson damage numbers appeared one after another.

Zhang Mingzhen, on the other hand, relies on skills to restore his health while continuously dealing damage through agile movement.

If there are Shield Guard in front to absorb damage, he can stand still and attack safely; now that he is facing the leader alone, standing still makes him very vulnerable to critical hits.

They're easy to kill.

Fortunately, the lower-ranking Spotted Rat around them were suppressed by their hierarchy.

Although numerous, they pose little threat, and the damage they cause is negligible.

But as time passed, suddenly the Rat King summoned a horde of beasts.

A large group of Spotted Rat began to appear from the air.

Zhang Mingzhen initially didn't pay much attention, thinking these ragtag soldiers were nothing to worry about.

But he quickly realized that he had misjudged the situation.

The newly appeared Spotted Rat servants, though of low rank and weak in damage, include some special elite individuals.

He used his reconnaissance skills, and the information that returned made him frown:

[Spotted Rat's Servant (Level 3)]

[Strength 5]

[Physical Defense 12]

[Magic Defense 10]

[Impact: Charges at a single target, forcibly interrupting spellcasting and knocking the target back two meters. No cooldown.]

This special skill has a huge impact on his spell damage.

Zhang Mingzhen had no choice but to halt his offensive against the Rat King and first deal with the gathered servants.

He used one "Spirit Strike" after another to clear the area before finally locking onto the leader again.

However, his frequent movement and spell interruptions significantly slowed down the pace of the strategy.

Even more troublesome is that the Rat King becomes significantly more aggressive after summoning its minions.

Zhang Mingzhen knew that the best time to deal damage was only within the tens of seconds before each round of summoning.

He kept a close eye on his mana bar, cautiously using "Spring Wind Breeze" to maintain his mana reserves—this kind of attrition warfare, which tests mana reserves, would need to be thoroughly addressed sooner or later.

While Zhang Mingzhen was dealing with the Rat King, other players were also flocking to the coordinates from all directions.

Rogue Players naturally understand that relying on scattered teams is simply not enough to break through the swarms of rats along the way, let alone challenge the boss.

The world channel was instantly filled with recruitment notices from various organizations.

The Dragon Diagram Guild is urgently expanding. "All professions are welcome to apply!"

"We desperately need Shield Guard!"

"For those with excellent skills, call Dragon Map immediately!"

Someone seized the opportunity to hurl insults. "Hmph, the Dragon Map Guild, they're neither dragons nor totems, there's no future in working for them, come join our American guild!"

"We have formed five teams of 100 people each and are about to set off. Anyone who has not completed the new recruit tasks, please join a team within five minutes!"

The groups of lone wolves gathered in the Safe Zone were buzzing with discussion.

An archer named "I am the Cemetery" muttered in the team chat, "We just finished the newbie quests and leveled up to level 3."

"Going to confront the leader now is just suicide, isn't it?"

"The death penalty deducts half of my current experience points. What if I lose a level?"

"This death penalty is too severe!"

"It's better to follow those large teams and see how things unfold!"

This is an eight-person Fixed Team that was formed long before the server opened. At this moment, except for the healer class which is a little weak, most of them are already familiar with the basic operations.

The mage, also known as the "Heart Hunter," calmly analyzed. "We're not the only ones who think this way."

"Look around at the independent members who haven't joined the group; most of them are thinking the same thing."

"Those big guilds aren't stupid, why would they let someone take advantage of them for nothing?"

"I reckon they definitely have a clearing team; anyone who isn't in their team will be kicked out."

"To reap the rewards, you have to join one of these large teams."

"That's right. Back when we were playing Legend, we'd monopolize the whole place. If you weren't in the same alliance, you'd be wiped out."

"Yes, many teams do this when fighting bosses, to prevent solo players from stealing the loot."

At this point, their Captain had already contacted Dragon Map's management.

"We'll be integrated into their backline support team soon—we don't have many support players on our team to begin with."

The setting of "God's Domain" differs from traditional online games: monsters in the wild do not directly drop currency, but only provide experience points.

The drop rate for equipment is so low that it's daunting.

They've already figured that out.

Since the server opened, the Dragon Soaring Guild has only acquired two pieces of equipment: one is a regular cloth armor obtained by the guild.

The other pair, "Whiteboard Mouse Leather Boots," came from a temporary team of thirty people and was eventually purchased by the guild leader "Mad Dragon Map" for 100,000 real-world currency.

The boots only "increase agility and defense by five points," but in the early stages of the game when equipment is extremely scarce, any attribute improvement is invaluable.

It could actually be sold for even more.

That team was only temporary, and everyone else wanted to sell it quickly and split the profits, so it was sold just like that.

This is also a characteristic of the poor: they cannot be greedy for money, and they lack the patience to wait for an opportunity.

At the same time.

Above the Blue Star.

A disaster is unfolding silently.

A remote, snow-covered city in the far north.

As a White Mist enveloped the city, a group of demonic creatures suddenly appeared.

Their defining characteristic is that they are no longer invincible monsters, but rather demons!

As soon as these monsters appeared, they began to swarm and attack the crowd.

They are a group of demonic snakes, slow-moving but extremely patient, and any group of people who gather together without moving will become their target.

Local forums and online platforms immediately sent requests to the Countermeasures Bureau:

"Oh no! We're trapped in the fog and can't get out!"

"Damn, there are snakes everywhere outside! All white, and they eat people!"

"Oh no, is this the end of the world?"

"No, everything is peaceful and quiet here," people from other cities chimed in.

"Someone, please save us!"

"People from the Countermeasures Bureau? The United Association? And the local Da Qiang Company? You guys always sell things at such high prices, squeezing us dry every day, and now you're not showing up?"

A group of people pleaded for help.

Someone even did a live stream.

People cannot leave, but network signals can still be transmitted.

Someone asked, "Why don't you run along the railway line and telephone line?"

"No, once we enter the White Mist, we'll feel the things we touched before disappear, and we won't be able to tell which way is which!"

"Yes, that White Mist will rob you of your senses!"

"Would it be okay to launch a safety rope from the outside and pull you out with it?"

Give it a try.

Gao Linzhi naturally noticed this as well.

He immediately checked the situation there via live webcast.

It seems that the situation on Blue Star is getting worse and worse.

This is normal.

Intruders won't fare any better themselves.

Forces are interactive.

He immediately used his Game Character to rush to that far northern city.

Just now, I saw many livestreamers driving and flying there.

They're willing to risk their lives for traffic.

Gao Linzhi could only sigh.

"Look closely, this is Donghu City, the northernmost city. It has a permanent population of 5 million, making it one of the largest cities in the north."

"Why are there so many people here? Because the companies here don't pay taxes, but the work is quite strenuous and the cost of living is relatively high."

"But you can work here and buy goods from the cities to the south."

A livestreamer was talking animatedly there.

"Therefore, most of the people who come here are migrant workers, and the permanent population is only about 500,000."